dfwtxs wrote:

>
> Sun VirtualBox on HP Pavillion 9000 series running Vista Ultimate.
> Created new VM instance each time.
>
> Downloaded from your site twice. Have burned DVD and pointed the
> install directly to the ISO image with the same results. I am getting
> this very informative error message. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Unable to create repository
> from URL 'cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0’
>
> Details
> [|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
>
> History
>
> - Can't copy /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediato
> /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR
>
> = Can't provide /media.1/media: Can't copy
> /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediatto /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR

I've had some problems along these lines and - at least for me - the
simplest solution was to download the network install CD then do the
installation via internet connection to the distribution repositories. A
little slow but it actually takes less time than downloading the whole DVD
since you only need to fetch the pieces you actually install.

--
Will Honea